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[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 12 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Note that there's a typo in the source article:

One woman, from the southern province of ~~Smålandeven,~~ Småland, even managed to get Social Security benefits for calling in gay.

[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 6 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Isn’t that the name of the ikea play place?

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 6 points 8 hours ago

It is indeed.

It's a bit of a play on words, since Småland literally translates to Small land, making it apt as this is where you can leave your children at IKEA.

I looked up the etymology of the name out of interest, and it seems like it stems from it being made up of a collection of smaller self-ruling villages, located between Skåne that has often been under Danish control, and Götaland which was controlled by Götar.

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

Magnificent. Top tier joke. 😂